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1872. 

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HISTORY i COiNSTITUTION 

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UISriTED STATES. 

By W. T. HARRIS. 
ST. LOUIS. 

1872. 

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REVIEW QUESTIONS IN THE HISTORY 

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COJ(STITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 

By W. T. HARRIS. 



[The pupil should form the habit of associatins; a cluster of events about each 
date. Tt is a good exercise to write a series of dates on the board, and call upon 
the pupil to name the events connected with them. It is a higher task to trace 
out the logical connection between events, and to fix the relative influences of 
individual plans, national character and local circumstances.] 



Period I: Discoveries. 

I. What led Columbus to make his first voyage across the At- 
lantic? What unsuccessful applications did he make for aid ? Give 
an account of his fleet, and state the number of his men. Date of 
his discovery of this continent? At what point? Name, date, and 
location of the first European town in America? How many voyages 
to America did Columbus make ? 

What earlier discovery of Amerit3a is on record? What of 
Da Gama? When did Spain become one monarchy ? Origin of the 
name ''West Indies?" 

II. Origin of the name "America?" Give an account of Balboa's 
discovery. Magellan's. When did Cortez sail for Mexico ? When 
did he complete its conquest? Who conquered Peru? When? 
Who discovered Florida ? In search of what ? What did De Ayllon 
accomplish ? What of Gomez and Narvaez ? 

Give account of the Portuguese discoverers. Cabral and Cortereal- 
What were the men under Cortez armed with? 

III. Who discovered the Mississippi river ? Relate his adven- 
tures. Who settled St. Augustine ? Santa Fe ? Name four other 
Spaniards who explored the interior of North America and the Pacific 
coast. Give an account of Verazzani's discoveries. Give some par- 
ticulars of Cartier's voyages. What Huguenot expeditions sent out 
by Coligny ? Who was Laudonniere ? Relate the exploit of De 
Gourgues. 

Origin of the name "Montreal ?" 



IV. Who selected the site for Quebec ? Date of the settlement 
of Port Royal? What voyage in 1497 bv Cabot? Had the con- 
tinent been discovered before? Relate something of Sir Francis 
Drake. What about Raleigh and the settlement of lioanoke ? Who 
were Bartholomew Gosnold and Martin Pring? Who was Wey- 
mouth ? 

What territory was included under the name Acadia ? Who was 
Sir Humphrey Gilbert ? Virginia Dare ? Origin of the name "Cape 
Cod ?" Of "Cape Fear ?" 

V. Give an account of the charters of North and South Virginia; 
defining the territories granted, and the councils governing their com- 
panies. When and where were the American fisheries opened ? What 
were the Spanish claims in North America ? The French claims ? • 
The English claims? Did the charters given by King James respect 
the French claims '( 

What geographical supposition was disproved by the explorations 
of Magellan, Drake and Balboa '/ What two conditions are necessary 
to complete a title by discovery ? 

VI. Who were the Aborigines of America? Their number? 
Name the eight principal families. State what you can of their 
physical characteristics ; moral characteristics. What about their 
amusements? Literature? Education? Dwellings? Money'/ Gov- 
ernment '/ Religion'/ Origin? Employments? 

To what class of society do the Indians belong ? What rank do 
they hold in the five races ? To what division does their language be- 
long? To what, their form of government? What notable event 
in Spain the year of the first voyage of Columbus? Name the five 
great contemporary rulers of the first part of the 16th century. What 
is meant by "New Style" and "Uld Style?" Name some great 
work (of which you have seen a copy or picture) of Raphael ; of 
Michael Angelo ; of Da Vinci; of Correggio ; of Titian. For what 
were Machiavelli, Ariosto, Copernicus, Camoens, Tasso, Spenser, and ' 
Sir Philip Sidney famous? What was the gunpowder plot? The 
Spanish armada ? 

Period II: Settleme7its. 

VII. Give an account of the settlement of Jamestown. Name 
the prominent men in the Local Council. What adventures had 
Smith ? Date of the second and third charters of the London Com- 
pany ? Give an account of the administration of Lord Delaware ; 
of Sir Thomas Dale; of Sir George Yeardley. 

Relate the story of Pocahontas. What about the raising of corn 
and tobacco? 

VIII. What were some of the provisions of the written Consti- 
tution of Virginia? What Indian massacre in 1622? Give the 
results that followed it. When was the London Company dissolved ? 
What led to it ? The second Indian massacre in Virginia led to what 



results? Give an account of the navigation acts. State the conduct 
of Virginia during the civil war in England. 

What were the exploits of Argall? In what way was slavery in- 
troduced? What about the scarcity of women in the colony? 
Criminals as servants ? 

IX. What was the character of Sir Wm. Berkeley ? What led to 
Bacon's rebellion ? What was its result ? AYhat settlement attempted 
under George Popham ? Who made a map of New England and 
gave it its name ? What was the Council of Plymouth ? Who were 
the Puritans ? What adventures had they before coming to America ? 

What was the object of the Puritans in coming to America ? To 
what place did they intend to came? 

X. Name the five chief men of the Plymouth colony. What 
treaty with the Indians did that colony make ? What arrangements 
about the cultivation of the ground ? What form of government 
had they ? What settlement did John Endicott found ? What one 
did John Winthrop found ? How early was a representative gov- 
ernment established in Massachusetts ? What man and woman were 
banished, and for what causes? 

What difficulties did the Puritans encounter the first year ? What 
productions did they raise and what traffic had they with the Indians ? 
What did they export to England? Who was Roger Conant ? What 
was the origin of "Thanksgiving day ?." 

XI. When was the union of the New Englnnd colonies formed ? 
What colonies entered it ? Give some account of the settlement of 
Maine. Give a sketch of the rise of King Philip's war, and state 
some of the particulars of the fight at Swanzey and South Kingston. 
What losses did the English sufier ? Who was Sir Edmund Andros ? 

Who was Sir Ferdinando Gorges ? Who were the " Royal com- 
missioners " ? Trace out on a map the localities of battles in King 
Philip's war, in the order of their succession. Results of that war 
to the whites ? To the Indians ? Grounds for the annulment of the 
New England charters by Charles I ? 

XII. Date of the settlement of New Hampshire? When joined 
to Massachusetts ? When s^^parated ? What early grants of the 
soil of Connecticut ? What migration to Hartford, Windsor, and 
Wethersfiekl ? Who settled Saybrook ? Give an account of the Pe- 
quot war. When did the Connecticut colony adopt a constitution? 
What treaty with the Dutch ? 

Who was Wheelwright ? Robert Mason? Capt. Holmes? Thomas 
Hooker ? Capt. John Mason ? Uncas ? 

XIII. When was New Haven settled ? When united to the Con- 
necticut colony? What attempt of Andros in 1675? In 1687? 
Who settled Rhode Island ? What was his principle of action ? Who 
settled Portsmouth ? When was the charter of Rhode Island ob- 
tained ? What were its provisions ? What of the j'ight of suffrage? 



Who was John Davenport ? Theophilus Eaton ? Date and pro- 
visions of the charter of Connecticut? What two colonies had claims 
within its boundaries ? Who was William Coddington ? Canonicus 
and Miantinomoh? William Blackstone? Henry Bull ? 

XIY. Give an account of the discoveries of Henry Hudson. 
What claim was founded on them ? What settlement followed soon ? 
What territory received the name of New Netherland ? Name the 
four Dutch Governors, and give the dates of their accession. Under 
whom were the Indian wars carried on ? Who conquered and an- 
nexed the Swedes on the Delaware? 

What was the original cost of Manhattan Island ? Who were 
called "Patroons ?" Who was John Underhill ? 

XV. What grant was made by Charles II. in 1664? Relate the 
particulars of the English conquest of New Netherland. What was 
the character of the administration of Nichols? Of Lovelace? Of 
Andros? When was the "Charter of Liberties" established? What 
was the conduct of James II. toward the colonies ? 

Where was Fort Orange situated ? Where was New Amsterdam ? 
When did the Dutch retake New York ? Who was Thomas Don- 
gan ? What treaty did he make with the Five Nations ? Its effects ? 
Who was Jacob Leisler ? 

XVI. To whom was the territory of New Jersey conveyed in 
1664 ? When and by whom was Elizabethtown settled ? Who was 
first Governor of New Jersey, and what constitution did the pro- 
prietors grant ? To whom did Berkeley sell his title in New Jersey ? 
Who settled Delaware ? When did it come into possession of the 
Dutch ? Of the Duke of York ? Of Pennsylvania ? 

What were the "North River" and "South River?" Where was 
Fort Nassau ? By whom was Newark settled ? Where was Christina ? 

XVII. Who was Lord Baltimore, and what grant did he obtain ? 
Give an account of the first settlement of Maryland. What were the 
provisions of the charter ? What was the cause of Clayborne's re- 
bellion ? Its result ? When was the Toleration Act passed, and what 
were its provisions ? W^hen did Maryland become a royal province, 
and under w^hat king ? 

Who was George Calvert ? Cecil Calvert ? Leonard Calvert ? 
How do the Rhode Island and Maryland Acts of Toleration differ? 
What advantage did the Protestants take of their numbers and pow- 
ers ? What treatment did the colonists of Maryland receive from 
the Indians ? 

XVIII. Give an account of the settlement of Philadelphia, and of 
Penn's treaty with the Indians. What people settled Pennsylvania? 
What did the first Legislature adopt ? What patent was granted to 
Lord Clarendon in 1663 ? What settlement was first made within 
the limits of North Carolina? Name the three colonies formed in 
tfie Carolinas. When was Charleston settled ? 



"Who were Mason and Dixon ? Who was Thomas Lloyd ? William 
Drummond ? John Yeamans ? William Sayle ? Who was Ashley 
Cooper ? 

XIX. What model constitution was drawn up for the Carolinas ? 
How did it answer? Give an account of the domestic dissensions in 
the Carolinas ; of the Navigation Acts ; of Seth Sothel ; of the mi- 
gration of the Dutch from New York ; of the Huguenots and Pu- 
ritans ; of James Colleton's administration. 

Who was Shaftesbury ? John Locke 1 When were the Carolinas 
united ? When separated ? 

XX. What section of the country were the English settlements 
confined to ? The French ? What event caused the Five Nations to 
become friendly to the English ? Give some account of the explora- 
tions of James Marquette and Louis Joliet ; also of La Salle. 

How many years between Joliet's and De Soto's voyages on the 
Mississippi ?" Who named the Mississippi valley "Louisiana ?'* After 
whom ? 

XXL What did the English claim in America at the close of the 
second period (1689) ? What possessions were claimed by France ? 
What did the Spanish claim include ? What was the population of 
the colonies in 1689, according to Bancroft? Describe the manners 
of the inhabitants of Virginia ; of New England ; of New York. 

Mention some of the peculiar laws of the Massachusetts colony ; 
of the Connecticut colony. What benevolent enterprise did Las Ca- 
sas attempt. 

XXII. In what colonies did the Church of England prevail ? 
Dutch Reformed ? Roman Catholic ? Calvinism? Baptist doctrines ? 
Quaker? In what colonies did persecution prevail ? When was the 
first printing press established in America ? What articles of com- 
merce did the colonies furnish ? What early acts in regard to edu- 
cation ? 

What Indian Missions were attempted in the early history of the 
colonies? When was Harvard college founded? When was weav- 
ing introduced ? When was cotton first cultivated in Virginia ? 
What acts in Massachusetts against the Quakers ? What did Gover- 
nor Berkeley say about free schools and printing? What the Gov- 
ernor of Connecticut ? What sovereis^n of England began to reign 
in 1509? in 1547? 1553? 1558? 1603"? 1625? 1649? 1660? 1685? 
1689? 1702? 1714? 1727? 1760? What sovereign began to reign 
over France in 1515? 1547? 1589? 1610? 1643? 1715? 1774? 
What European countries were mvolved in the "Thirty years' war?" 
and what was the main issue of that war ? When was the Habeas 
Corpus Act passed by Parliament? What was the Edict of Nantes ? 
Who repealed it and when ? What effect did it have on migration to 
America? What was the League of Augsburg 'r* Who was Riche- 
Heu ? Galileo ? Cervantes i' ^ Moliere ? Milton r Shakespeare ? 
Kepler ? Bacon 7 Hampden ? 



Period III: Liter- Colojiial Wars. 

XXIII. What tour wars tended to unite the colonies for common 
defense ? Which was the last settled of the thirteen colonies ? When 
did New Hampshire become a separate colony ? Give some account 
of the Salem witchcraft. How many people were executed during 
its prevalence ? Give an account of Leisler's career and death ; of 
William Kidd's adventures, and of the Negro Plot 

Who was Cotton Mather ? What did Baxter, Blackstone and Sir 
Matthew Hall think of witchcraft ? 

XXIV. When were the Jerseys united under the Governor of 
New York ? When did Lewis Morris become Governor? When 
did the Carolinas finally separate ? Give an account of Oglethorpe's 
settlement. Who settled Biloxi, and when ? To what place did 
most of the settlers remove three years afterward ? What was the 
early history of Natchez ? 

When did Delaware obtain a separate legislative assembly ? What 
oi Tomochichi ? When was New Orleans founded, and by whom ? 

XXV. How many forts in the chain established by the French 
between Montreal and New Orleans ? Name the most important. 
Who erected the fort at Pensacola ? What gave rise to King Wil- 
liam's war ? How did the Indians side? Relate the circumstance of 
the burning of Schenectady, and name two other towns that shared 
the same fate. What about the expedition of Sir William Phipps 
against Port Royal ? Against Quebec ? 

What of Mrs. Dustan '/ Major Waldron ? 

XXVr. Give the date and provisions of the treaty of Ryswick. 
Causes of Queen Anne's war? Who began hostilities? What was 
the result of the Spanish attack on Charleston, 1706 ? Give an ac- 
count of the Tuscarora war in North Carolina ; of the war with the 
Yamasses in South Carolina. What shielded New York from the 
horrors of war at this time ? When was Port Royal taken ? 

Who was The Pretender? What was the "balance of power," and 
what treaty did it originate ? Who were the two srreat ministers 



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of Louis XIV ? Who was Col. Rhett? Gov. Craven? 

XXVII. What was the result of the expedition into Canada in 
1711 ? Give the date and provisions of the treaty of Utrecht. Give 
an account of Oglethorpe's invasion of Florida; of his defense of 
Savannah. Wliat originated the war of the Austrian Succession '/ 
Relate the particulars of the capture of Louisburg. Of the treaty 
of Aix-la-Chapelle. 

Wh(') was Hovenden Walker ? Govei-nor Dudley ? What was 
the occasion of the Spanish war in 1739? Who was the "Young 
Pretender?" Wm. Pepperell? Commodore Warren ? Duke D'An- 
ville ? 



XXVIII. What struggle in Europe went on at the same time 
with the French and Indian war in America ? Give an account of 
the Ohio Company and its diiRculties; of George Washington's 
mission to St. Pierre ; of the erection of Fort Necessity ; Fort Du- 
quesne. Why was the plan of union, adopted at Albany, rejected ? 

What quarrel about the boundaries of Acadia 'i What three ports 
were occupied by the French in the spring of 1753? From what 
colonies were the delegates to the Albany Convention ? Who drew 
up the plan of union ? 

XXIX. What four expeditions were planned in 1755 ? What was 
done with the Acadians ? Give an account of Braddock's defeat ; 
of Johnson's campaign ; of Shirley's. Who succeeded Dieskau as 
Frenc4i commander '? What success did he gain in 1756 ? In 1757 ? 
What did Loudoun attempt in 1757 ? 

What of Longfellow's poem of Evangeline ? What of John Arm- 
strong ? C©1. Monro ? 

XXX. What great British statesman took charge of affairs in 
1758 ? What three expeditions were planned as^ainst the French in 
1758? What successes did Boscawen and Amherst meet with? 
What caused the defeat ol Abercrombie ? Give an account of the 
success of Bradstreet and Forbes. What was the object of the cam- 
paign of 1759? 

What city stands on the site of Fort Duquesne ? 

XXXI. What expeditions in 1759 were committed to Amherst, 
Wolfe, and Prideaux ? Give the particulars of Wolfe's campaign. 
When was Montreal surrendered ? Give the provisions of the treaty 
at Paris. How did the Cherokee war end? What troubles to the 
English did Pontiac occasion ? What happened to him finally ? 

Relate the anecdote told of the deaths of Wolfe and Montcalm ? 
What islands did France retain as a shelter for her fishermen ? What 
of Col. Grant? 

XXXII. What three forms of government prevailed in the thir- 
teen colonies ? Name the colonies having the first form ; the second ; 
third. What was the population of the thirteen colonies in 1663? 
What changes had occurred in the manners and character of the col- 
onists ? What religious changes ? What of Wesley and Whitfield ? 

Where was Whitfield buried ? 

XXXIII. What can you say of education in the colonies at the 
close of the French and Indian war ? Name the five colleges. What 
was the name of the first American newspaper, and where issued ? 
What were some of the manufactures in the colonies ? To what ex- 
tent was agriculture carried on ? What "Acts" did Great Britain 
pass to prevent manufactures and commerce in America fin 1732, 
1733, 1750, &c.)? 



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What of Jonathan Edwards ? Dr. Franklin ? What were Courts 
of Admiralty ? When did Peter the Great become Czar of Russia ? 
What of Charles XII. of Sweden? Who were Marlborough ? Fred- 
eric the Great ? Maria Theresa ? What of the battle of Culloden ? 
How did the British Empire in India begin ? Who was Newton ? 
Pope? Swift? Handel? Bach? Leibnitz? 

Period IV: The Revolution. 

XXXIV. What led to the American Revolution ? What was 
the condition of England after the " Seven years' war ?" What 
arguments for and against the right to tax the colonies ? Date of the 
passage of the "Stamp Act?" What were its provisions? What 
principle did the colonists maintain ? What opposition did Patrick 
^enry make to the Stamp Act ? What colony issued a circular let- 
ter, and for what purpose ? 

What were the " Writs of Assistance ?" What of James Otis ? 
Of Charles Townshend ? 

XXXV. When, where, and for what purpose, did the first Co- 
lonial Congress meet ? What did this Congress adopt ? How were 
stamp officers treated ? What change in the British administration 
led to the repeal of the "Stamp Act ?" What Acts did Townshend 
secure the passage of, in 1767 ? What events followed? What did 
Lord North recommend ? Give an account of the Boston massacre. 

What colonies were represented in the first Colonial Congress ? 
What persons had before suggested a union of the colonies ? What 
associations were formed to oppose British taxation ? Which side 
did British merchants and manufacturers take ? What distinction 
was first made by the colonists between externnl and internal taxa- 
tion ? What principle did they finally adopt? What of the sluop 
"Liberty" ? Of the assemblies in Massachusetts, Virginia and North 
Carolina ? 

XXXVI. Give an account of the Boston Tea Party and its 
doings, and the events that led to it. What was the Boston Port 
Bill ? Eflect ot its enforcement ? When was the first Continental 
Congress ? Where did it meet, and who were its officers ? What 
action did it take? By what names were parties known in the colo- 
nies ? What was the spirit manifested by King George III ? 

What of committees of correspondence? Of North's project for 
cheapening tea ? The fate of the cargoes of tea sent to Charleston, 
Philadelphia and New York? What of the Gaspee? How many 
troops were sent to Massachusetts in 1768? In 1774? Name ten 
of the most distinguished men in the first Continental Congress ? 
What acts were passed by Parliament of an irritating character, early 
in 1775 ? 

XXXVII. Give an account of the battle of Lexington and its 
attendant circumstances ? What places were seized by Allen and 



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Arnold ? What action did the second Continental Congress take ? 
Give an account of the battle of Bunker's Hill. In what respect was 
this a victory to the Americans ? 

Who was Pitcairn ? John Parker ? Lieut. Col. Smith ? Seth 
Warner ? Israel Putnam ? John Stark ? Nathaniel Greene ? What 
three generals reinforced Gen. Gage before the battle of Bunker Hill ? 
What of Lord Dunmore on April 21st ? Patrick Henry ? Norfolk ? 
Name the four Major Generals and the eight Brigadiers appointed 
by Congress. Locate Copp's Hill, Breed's Hill, Bunker Hill, Beacon 
Hill, Dorchester Heights, and Cambridge on the map. Who was 
Joseph Warren ? What happened to Charleston ? When did Wash- 
ington arrive at Cambridge ? 

XXXYIIL Give an account of the invasion of Canada. What 
measures did Washington take to dislodge the British from Boston ? 
Give the particulars of the bombardment of Charleston. How many 
troops did England send over in 1776 ? For what is July Fourth, 
1776, memorable ? 

What happened to Falmouth or Portland ? What fate met Ethan 
Allen in his attack on Montreal ? How many Tories went with the 
British at the evacuation of Boston ? What force had the Ameri- 
cans at New York under Putnam ? Who made the draft of the 
Declaration of Independence ? 

XXXIX. Give an account of the battle of Long Island, including 
the circumstances preceding. Relate the events that followed, speak- 
ing of White Plains, Fort Washington, Fort Lee. What was the 
effect of the victory at Trenton ? In what direction did Washing- 
ton go after the battle of Princeton ? What can you say of La- 
fayette ? 

What can you say of Mathew Hale ? Of Generals Sullivan and 
Stirling ? To what place did Congress retire from Philadelphia ? 
What of Generals Lee and Prescott and Col. Burton ? State the 
losses on both sides in the battle of Trenton ; in the battle ofPrince- 
ton. 

XL. When, and for what objects, was the battle of Brandy wine 
fought? How did the battle of Germantown result? Where did 
Congress go to ? Give an account of the expedition of Burgoyne, 
speaking of the battle of Bennington, the expedition of St. Leger, 
the battle of Bemis's Heights, and the final surrender. Relate the 
chief provisions of the "Articles of Confederation ?" 

Where did Washington post his army after the battle of Princeton ? 
Relate the encounters at Peekskill, Bound Brook, Danbury, Sag 
Harbor ? Who was Meigs ? Silliman ? Tryon ? Wooster ? Corn- 
wallis ? Lincoln? Baron De Kalb ? Pulaski? Kosciusko? What 
can you say of Paoli ? Pottsgrove ? Chad's Ford ? Forts Mifflin 
and Mercer? What was the object of Burgoyne's campaign? 
Mention something of St. Clair ; Schuyler ; Skenesborough ; Stark ; 
Baum ; Joseph Brant ; Herkimer ; Arnold and Morgan. What of 



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the conduct of Grates toward Schuyler after the surrender of Bur- 
goyne ? What defects in the Articles of Confederation ? 

XLI. How did the American army fare at Valley Forge ? What 
was the Conway Conspiracy ? What depredations were made on 
British Commerce by American privateers ? When did France ac- 
knowledge the independence of the United States, and what led to 
it ? Who represented the United States in the French courts, and 
what had the French furnished ? 

What of the American flag? How many prizes were captured 
by American cruisers before 1778 ? Who was Esek Hopkins ? What 
were the Conciliatory Bills ? 

XLII. What movements did the British make after the French 
alliance with the United States ? Relate the particulars of the battle 
of Monmouth ; of the massacres of Wyoming and Cherry Valley. 
What manoeuvres by D'Estaing with the French fleet? What 
places were ravaged by the British? After the French alliance, to 
what quarter did the war change ? 

What of the conduct of Lee at the battle of Monmouth? Who 
was Baron Steuben? What of Sullivan's siege of Newport ? State 
the position of affairs in the autumn of the year 1778. 

XLin. Particulars of the capture of Savannah, unjtler Clinton ? 
Who attempted its recapture? Particulars of the conquest of 
Georgia ? Particulars of the capture of Stony Point by Wayne ? 
Success of John Paul Jones ? What about the continental currency ? 
Give an account of the capture of Charleston ? What about the 
proceedings of Cornwallis in South Carolina ? 

What can you say of Brier Creek ? Sunbury ? Col. Pickens ? 
General Ashe ? Stono Ferry ? Of the attack of D'Estaing on Sa- 
vannah ?, Of Pulaski ? Of Tryon and Putnam ? Of Fairfield and 
Norwalk ? Of Portsmouth and Norfolk ? Of Paulus Hook ? When 
did Spain join France in the war against England? When and for 
what reason was Newport evacuated by the British ? What of 
'Monk's corner ? Waxhaw creek ? 

XLIV. Give an account of Gates' defeat at Camden ; of the bat- 
tle at King's Mountain ; of the efforts of Lafayette with Louis XVI ; 
of Arnold's treason ; of the revolt of Pennsylvania troops ; of the 
New Jersey troops. What course did General Greene pursue after 
the battle of Cowpens, in South Carolina ? Who was Robert 
Morris ? 

What battle at Fishing Creek ? How did Cornwallis treat the 
Whigs of South Carolina ? When did Greene succeed Gates ? What 
was the condition and occupation of the army under Washington 
during the winter of 1780 ? Who was De Ternay ? Rochambeau ? 
John Andre ? Wliat of Wayne and the Pennsylvania troops ? Of 
Arnold's raid in Vircrinia ? Of General Morgan ? 



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XLV. Give an account of the battle of Guilford Couvt-House; 
Hobkirk's Hill; Eutaw Springs. What course did Cornwallis take 
after the battle of Guilford Court House ? What combination was 
made against him at Yorktown ? VVhat was the effect of the vic- 
tory there ? How many soldiei?^ were furnished for the regular array 
by all the colonies? Name the four that furnished the largest num- 
ber. How were the American prisoners treated during the war ? 
What about Armstrong ? 

What remarkable incidents in the retreat of Greene before Corn- 
wallis in North (Jarolina? Who commanded the British in South 
Carolina after the departure of Cornwallis? What of Isaac Hayne ? 
What was the character of Greene's victories ? What raid against 
New London and Fort Griswold ? W^hat reinfoicements arrived too 
late to assist Cornwallis? Why did Washington appoint Lincoln to 
receive the surrender at Yorktown ? Who succeeded Clinton in 
command of the British ? Give an account of the disbanoling of 
the army ? 

XLVI. Name the commissioners who signed the treaty of peace 
with Great Britain on the part of the Americans. What were the 
provisions of that treaty ? What were the defects of the "Articles 
of Confederation ?" When was the present Constitution framed ? 
What parties did it give rise to ? When was it adopted ? W^hat was 
the total expense of the war to the colonies ? How much currency 
was issued? What effect did the war have upon Manners and Morals? 
Upon Religion ? Upon Education ? Upon Commerce ? Upon Arts 
and Manufactures ? Upon Agriculture ? 

Which colony did not send delegates to the convention that formed 
our Constitution? What of Shay's Insurrection? What w^ as the 
a?ifi-slave?y proviso of Jefferson? W^hat action w^as taken with re- 
gard to the importation of slaves? 

XLVII. What was the population of the United States at the 
close of the Revolution ? Date of inauguration of Washington ? 
What executive departments were organized ? Of what did the 
National Judiciary consist ? What plans were recommended by 
Hamilton ? What about the National Bank, Mmt, and permanent 
seat of government ? 

What invention by Arkwright and Hargreaves ? By Watt ? By 
Cart Wright ? What changes hfive these inventors effected in manu- 
facturing ? What can you say of the partition of Poland ? Of the 
death of Louis XVI ? Of the armed neutrality against the English 
claims to Right of Search ? 

XL VIII. Give some account of the whisky insurrection ; of Jay's 
treaty ; the treaty with Spain. What States were admitted during 
Washington's administration ? Whom did the Federalists select as 
their candidate to succeed Washington ? What doctrines did the 
anti-Federalists contend for ? 



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Who was the first Chief Justice ? What departments have been 
added to the Cabinet of the President since Washington's adminis- 
tration? What change in the District of Columbia? What about 
General Harmar ? St. Clair ? Wayne ? What dangers to America 
did the French Revolution bring ? What was the conduct of Genet? » 
How was Jay's treaty received ? What can you say of Washington's 
Farewell Address ? 

REVIEW QUESTIONS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. 

I. How many departments to the government of the United 
States ? Which one is vested in Congress ? Define Constitution y 
Preamble ; Legislative, In what respects does our Constitution re- 
semble that of Great Britain, and in what respects differ from it ? 

n. Give the Preamble. Of what two houses does Congress con- 
sist ? What are the qualifications of a Representative ? Define 
^^ Represe7itative Population.'''' Why was the legislative power vested 
in two branches ? How was it under the Articles of Confederation? 

in. What are the qualifications of a Senator ? What is referred 
to by ''Each Senator shall have one vote ?" Define Elector, What 
does each house represent, and why was this difference made? Why is 
a difference made in the ages required in the qualifications of Repre- 
resentatives, Senators, and Presidents ? 

IV. What is the legislative power of the United States called? Of 
the State of Missouri ? Of the city of St. Louis ? Of England ? 
Of Germany ? Who has power x,o impeach f Who tries impeach- 
ments ? 

V. What is the custom in England with regard to impeachments? 
How far does ju<igment extend in case of impeachment in this coun- 
try ? In England ? 

VI. Into how many classes is the Senate divided? How long 
does a "Congress" last, and who go out of office at the end of it? 
When does Congress hold its regular meeting ? Define Quorum. 

VII. How are vacancies filled in the Senate? In the House of 
Representatives ? How and tor what may a member be expelled. 

VIII. What is the law about adjournmeuts ? What is the num- 
ber of Senators ? Of Representatives? How often is a census 
taken ? Define pro tempore ; treason. 

IX. From what are members of Congress privileged from arrest, 
and when ? Define Felony ; Breach of Peace ; Libel ; Revenue bills. 

X. Where must bills for raising Revenue originate ? What may 
the Senate do with them ? What steps are necessary in order that a 
bill may become a law ? What conditions are attached to the veto 
power ? 



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XI. How many clauses in the constitution grant powers to Con- 
gress ? Name the clauses referring to taxation ; borrowing money ; 
commerce. Define tax ; duty ; impost ; excise 

XII. Recite the clause giving Congress power to declare war ; to 
raise and govern armies ; navies; militia. What power has Congress 
to coin money? Punish counterfeiting? To make laws concernino- 
Naturalization and Bankruptcy ? Post-offices and Post-roads ? Patents? 

XIII. Recite the clause concerning Inferior Tribunals. For what 
purposes may Congress call out the militia ? 

XIV. Over what does Congress 'exercise exclusive leo-islation ? 
Define Naturalization ; Bankruptcy ;' Piracy; Letters of'^ Marque] 
Habeas Corpus. 

XV. What is the law concerning patents and copyrights ? What 
restrictions on the power of Congress respecting the Slave trade? 
Habeas Corpus ? Attainder and ex post facto laws ? Capitation ? Ex- 
port duties ? Money from the Treasury ? Titles of nobility ? etc. 

XVI. What restriction upon the power of States concerning 
treaties? Letters of Marque? Coining money ? Credit? Contracts? 
Titles ? Imposts ? ^ Duties of tonnage? Keeping standing armies ? 

XVII.^,;^Define attainder ; ex post facto; capitation; tonnage duties ; 
Executive. What is the executive of a city styled ? Of a State ^ 
Of England ? Of Russia ? 

XVIII." When and in what manner is the election of the President 
held ? In the event that there is no choice, what is done ? In case 
of death or removal of President, what is done ? Of Vice-President ? 

XIX. What are the qualifications for a President ? Term of oflice ? 
Salary? Oath? Of what is he Commander-in-Chief? Of whom 
may he obtain' an ''opinion in writing ?" Illustrate this. What is 
the Cabinet of the President ? 

XX. What power has the President with reference to pardons ? 
Treaties ? Appointing ambassadors f Consuls f Judges f Vacan- 
cies? Messages? Convening Congress? 

XXI. Who receives ambassadors ? What clause concerning Presi- 
dential messages ? How or for what ofienses may the civil officers 
be removed ? Define Public Minister ; Ambassador ; Envoy ; Charge 
d' Affaires ; Secretary of Legation ; Consul. 

XXII. Define '/w^i^ar]/.^ Distinguish between law and equity ; 
original^ concurrent^ exclusive and appellate jurisdiction. Define ad- 
miralty ; treason : freedom of speech ; actual verdict. Is any court es- 
tablished by the constitution itself? 

XXIII. In whom is the judicial power vested ? How many 
Judges? What are Circuit Courts? District Courts? Describe 



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times and manner of holding them. What jurisdiction has each of 
the inferior courts ? 

XXIV. Name the four cases to which the judicial power extends. 
In what cases does the Supreme Court hold original jurisdiction ? 
Appellate jurisdiction? Define w^r^f of error ; writ of appeal. Can 
an individual prosecute any State in the Supreme Court ? What 
course must he take to obtain redress when aggrieved by the action 
of a State or the United States ? 

XXV. What regulation concerning trial by jury ? Where must 
the criminal be tried ? How is treason established and punished, 
and what restriction? What is the law in England relative to cor- 
ruption of blood F What muUial privileges are enjoined on States ? 
With reference to citizens ? Fugitives from justice and labor ? How 
may new States be admitted ? What form of government is guar- 
anteed ? 

XXVI. How may an amendment be made to the Constitution ? 
What is the supreme law of the land ? Who are required to take 
oath of office to support the Constitution ? 

XXVII. When was the Constitution ratified, and by how many 
States ? Recite the amendment relative to religion, freedom of 
speech and the press, right of petition, etc. 

XXVIII. What provisions concerning the right to keep and bear 
arms ? Quartering soldiers ? Searches and seizui-es ? Issuing war- 
rants ? Holding persons to answer for crimes ? 

XXIX. What cases require indictment by grand jury ? What 
exception ? What restriction upon the number of trials for the same 
offense ? Witnessing against one's self? The taking of private 
property for public use ? 

XXX. Give the provision for trial by jury, stating where the 
trial must take place ? What provisions with reference to witnesses, 
etc. What suits at common law are admitted to trial by jnry ? What 
about excessive bail or fines ? Cruel punishments ? What is a 
Grand Jury f Fetit Jury f 

XXXI. What powers are reserved to the States by amendments ? 
What restriction upon the judicial power in the eleventh amendment ? 
What law concerning enslavement in the thirteenth amendment ? 
What is the fourteenth amendment ? What the fifteenth ? 



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